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...affair is more important than is at first apparent. It is understood that if the Governor chooses anyone outside Tammany, it would be a direct affront and an indication of his distrust of all that had to do with the organization. The result would probably be a breach between them. And since Roosevelt needs all the support his political parent can offer in the coming election, such a "snub" might prove disastrous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROOSEVELT AND TAMMANY | 2/27/1932 | See Source »

...Harlem Court appealed one Sam Wah, three witnesses?Messrs. Lee Sam. Wing and Soo Lee?a Lawyer and Henry Chang. Chinese Consul. They complained that Irving Moskowitz and Max Rudikoff. respective proprietors of the Algonquin and Columbia Laundries, had displayed posters in their windows which Mr. Wah considered an affront to all Chinese, particularly those who wash clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Wah v. Rudikoff | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

...FANTASTICALLY DIRTY TIME AUG TENTH TITLE CRIME FAT OILY WOMEN ETC WHY AFFRONT FAIR ITALIAN WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO MOST THAT IS FINE IN THIS WORLD STOP POVERTY STRICKEN WOMEN IN SQUALID DOMICILES WHAT STRONG HEARTS THEY MUST HAVE HOW FRIGHTFUL THEIR LOT IN A COUNTRY THAT SQUEEZES SIMPLICITY STOP BE UNDERSTANDING...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 31, 1931 | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

...independence from the U. S., sat for the first time. As custom requires, Governor General Dwight Filley Davis appeared before a joint session of the House and Senate to deliver his legislative message. He was heard in stony silence and allowed to depart without applause. He had dared to affront all politicos by suggesting that they drop politics and take up economics for a change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Economics Over Politics | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

Cinemactor Charles Spencer Chaplin refused to participate in a command benefit vaudeville performance before H. M. King George V, sent the vaudeville manager a check for $1,000 instead. Shocked at this apparent affront to Royalty, the London Daily Express sent a reporter down to interview Mr. Chaplin at Juan-Les-Pins, France. The interview: "What's all this nonsense? . . . I received no command from the King, but merely a request from the music hall manager, named Black, to appear in a charity show. . . . Europe has bullied, misunderstood and misinterpreted me. I don't care a hang whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 18, 1931 | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

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